Tag: pop

‘Global Warming’ — #Lyrics To A Woke Pop Song

The issue is, it’s almost impossible to call out Trump directly in pop music. So, this is sort of my round about way of attempting to do it. This would have a peppy little beat but with dark lyrics.

Global Warming
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

the earth is getting hot
and you’re as hell not
you lie as much as you can
it appears to be that’s your plan
the oceans are rising
but you don’t give a shit
it’s obvious to me

rumor has it
you’ve got a least one brick in your past
one taken out with the trash
we all know your foundation is weak
never going to be saved as you seek

global warming is going to get us all
global warming is our fate
you’re bring it along with great haste
global warming
global warming
global warming

[bridge]
what’s at stake
is the whole world’s fate
but you don’t give a shit
we’re all going to be done with it

the women you’ve grabbed
know you’re a cold fish
as the earth gets hot
the Blue Wave will wash over you
bring down your lies
ending your disguise

‘Wherever You Go’ — #Lyrics To A Pop Song

It’s odd to me that pop music today is completely devoid of anything that makes it interesting. It’s like it lives in an alternative universe from this dark period in our nation’s history. Anyway, here’s my attempt at something like a song from a lyrical standpoint I really like — “No Tears Left To Cry.”

Wherever You Go
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

things change so much
makes you wonder what’s the rush
but as my mother used to say
you take yourself
you take yourself
wherever you go

you can go from zero to hero
and back again
but no matter where you go
you take yourself don’t you know

sometimes you have to admit
when life is treating you bad
that you’re the source of the problem
to be had
to be had

you take yourself
wherever you go
you take yourself
wherever you go

[bridge]
what can I say
you have to just exclaim
you can be the source of your problems
change will do you good

but I’m not hear to hiss
tell you how to find your own bliss
we’re all alone on this planet
just be wise
find a better style

‘Where’s My Pa?’ — #Lyrics To A Woke Pop-Rock-Rap Song

There was a little jingle that the Republicans taunted Democratic President Grover Cleveland with which went something like “Ma, Ma, Ma where’s may pa? / Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!” So, this song would be like This Is America in structure. It starts of with children singing that little chant in a cute manner then gets really dark really fast.

Where’s My Pa?
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

That’s a lie. You’re dead

where’s my pa
where’s my pa
wallowing in sin
wallowing in sin
lying about your fate kid
we know you’re dead
over a million reasons for your death
POTUS didn’t want you around
now you’re in the ground

where’s my pa
where’s my pa
he’s living in the White House
with the Russians
selling children to the traffickers
’cause they’re lost just like you
lost children follow POTUS like his shadow
now you, too, get to dance and sing

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

That’s a lie. You’re dead

[bridge]
wish things could be different
but they can’t
POTUS is a piece of shit
indifferent to your death

things are dark in America now
there’s nothing we can do
we can’t bring you back little kid
but we can chase your daddy out of town
yet that’s not going to happen
that makes me frown

get down!

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

ma ma ma
where’s my pa
gone to the White House
ha ha ha

‘FOTUS’ — #Lyrics To A Woke R&B Song

Right now, either the media powers that be are looking into the FOTUS scandal theory or they’re not. Either we’re closer to knowing the truth, or I’ve just made a fool out of myself in public yet again. As part of my effort to process this as if it was Broidy and I need to move on, here’s are lyrics to an R&B song with a music in my imagination that might be in a The Weeknd song. I have no beat, but I just enjoy telling a story in verse. So, there you go. This would be for a woman to sing.

FOTUS
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

met you at the mansion
when I caught your eye and you touched my thigh
things went from their as they say
can’t explain what happened next
was by your side NYC on a September night
passion was our middle name
soon enough, though the truth came out

FOTUS
it’s your baby
it’s your baby
FOTUS
FOTUS
FOTUS
now it’s gone

found myself in a troublesome state
Davidson was your man
he and Cohen made the dirty deal real
they demanded a life for the green
desperate as I was I said yes
now I look back in shame to this day
you’re in the White House signing gag orders
while a death was done at your command

FOTUS
it’s your baby
it’s your baby
FOTUS
FOTUS
FOTUS
now it’s gone

[bridge]
what was I thinking
why did I do it I ask myself
but now it’s all changed
’cause you command the codes
and we know how it goes

it’s now in the news
what am I going to do
how long will this story hold
will Coop tell the truth when asked
our will you survive another day
to blast our freedoms away

FOTUS
FOTUS
FOTUS
FOTUS

‘Dear Jong’ — #Lyrics To A Woke Pop Rock Song

I’m just screwing around. This would have the same vibe as XTC’s “Dear God.”

Dear Jong
by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

Dear Jong
greatly appreciate your time
didn’t mean to make you think
we wanted to bomb, bomb, bomb
but don’t mind
we don’t want to turn you into slime

dear Jong
dear Jong
dear Jong

we made coins for the event
now they’re not worth shit
wish we could still meet
without missing a beat

dear Jong
we remember Otto Warmbier
and what you did to him
and what you did to him
and what you did to him

we don’t think you’re satan
but if you keep calling Pence dumb
we’re going to have you on the run
what can I say but you’re really lame
dear Jong

dear Jong
we remember Otto Warmbier
and what you did to him
and what you did to him
and what you did to him

[bridge]
when you’re not around
we’ll have you on our minds
as we bomb you to hell
’cause we think that’d be swell

so now we’ll start a war
with a mighty roar
don’t come knocking on our door
we’re going to mop you on the floor

dear Jong

‘Brooklyn Bridge’ — #Lyrics To A Pop Rock Song

With this one, I’m trying to tell the story of the time I was walking from Brooklyn to Manhattan on the Brooklyn bridge and something somewhat amusing — at least to me — happened. This would be a fun dancable pop rock song like Pulp’s Common People.

Brooklyn Bridge
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

with Brooklyn behind me
what I should appear
but something I hold so dear
a sexy minx walking towards me
with Manhattan in the distance
she got me hot and bothered I’ll admit
we locked eyes and for a bit
I thought she would smile my way
mid-way on

Brooklyn Bridge
where dreams come true
Brooklyn Bridge
don’t look down
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

as I got closer I was ready
ready to smell her perfume
I imagined it was high class
just like her
she might exchange a word
I hoped as I prepared for the event
two ships passing in broad day light
on

Brooklyn Bridge
where dreams come true
Brooklyn Bridge
don’t look down
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

[bridge]
don’t get too excite
things can change
turn pretty lame
quicker than a heartbeat
you just want to flee
on

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

before we could meet
she turned away from me
with a shock
she soon clocked out
finding a way
to avoid our date with fate
she looked at me sly
but all I could do was laugh
at her misguided sass
on

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

‘Woke Bill Kristol’ — #Lyrics To A Punk Song

These are just a silly lyrics I’ve written so I don’t do anything else that might be considered productive.

Woke Bill Kristol
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

woke Bill Kristol
he’s here to break it down
woke Bill Kristol
hasn’t sold his soul to Trump
he’s ready to rock
breaking it down for the masses
don’t get confused he on a short fuse
woke Bill Kristol
he’s able to defend his views
from all you fools

may have been an neo-con when it was cool
now he’s woke as can be
talks about MeToo on TV
making my eyes bug out with his positive views
what has happened to the rules

woke Bill Kristol
woke Bill Kristol
woke Bill Kristol

[bridge]
don’t sleep on the truth
get woke real quick
woke Bill Kristol is waiting
for you, you fool

we’re all in trouble
that no one can deny
Trump’s in town
wreaking havoc in the land
when will it all end
I don’t know
but keep an eye on woke Bill Kristol
he’s putting on a show

‘Spygate’ — #Lyrics To A Woke R&B Pop Song

This would be in the same vibe as Drake or The Weeknd. Chuck D used to say music was the CNN of the African American community and as such this song would be a way to slip in some politics into a song that had a smooth beat.

Spygate
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

it’s criminal what you’ve been doing
I see you walking around the neighborhood
rushing around with your new friends
what does it mean
why do you just want to flee
you used to be the one for me
now it’s crime against man
it’s a

Spygate (x6)

we’re all in this together
why can’t we fly up into the heavens
like we used to do
when we were in love
I have to spy on you here and there
bigger than Watergate
you’re doing it on the fly
leaving me just to sigh

Spygate (x6)

[bridge]
nothing has changed
in my heart
you make me want to dart
where to start

I don’t know what it all means
will we ever be as one
late at night wearing only love
or am I doomed to be
all alone

‘Criminal Deep State’ — #Lyrics To Woke R&B Song

Guys, the president is insane. But he does have a way with a turn of phrase. So, in honor of this on-going political horror movie we’re all forced to watch, here are my ham-handed effort at trying to tell a story in verse. The beat to this would like something you might find with The Weeknd. At least, that’s my vision for this.

Criminal Deep State
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

you leave me with my head in my hands
sitting on the side of my bed
wondering about this deep state I’m in
was it all a dream
all that living in sin
it’s criminal what you did to me
fucking with my head again and again

it’s a criminal deep state
out to get me
it’s a criminal deep state
spies all around
spies all around
spies all around

when you told me you loved me
did you have to rub the pain in
with salt from your tears
the state of mind you’ve left me in
fills me with dread
I know I could have done better
but once you left me light as a feather

it’s a criminal deep state
out to get me
it’s a criminal deep state
spies all around
spies all around
spies all around

[bridge]
but you’re gone now
at least I think
sometimes I think I see you
but it’s just the criminal deep state
you left me in

I hope it’s all a dream
the birds I hear tweeting to me
I don’t know when it will end
this nightmare you’ve left me in
but all I know it’s criminal
the state you’ve left me in

it’s a criminal deep state
out to get me
it’s a criminal deep state
spies all around
spies all around
spies all around

‘Not My Type’ — #Lyrics To A Pop-Country Song

There’s a purity to writing song lyrics simply for the joy of telling a story in verse. At least, that’s the mindset behind me writing lyrics today. I should be working on my novel, but I can’t quite bring myself to get into the frame of mind yet. So, I’m relaxing by writing song lyrics. These lyrics would go to a slow country music song where the lyrics are clearly understandable. This is written from a woman’s point of view about the effects of a bad break up.

Not My Type
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

see a smile from a mile away
but it’s not going to sway
I’ve been here before
but I don’t mean to bore
struggling to figure it all out
what it means without a doubt

you seem kind
maybe even divine
we could settle down
start a little family
but I can tell right away
much to my dismay

you’re not my type
you’re not my type
you’re not my type
and that ain’t right

you’ve got hair
place on your head by God on a dare
a stare that leaves me weak
when are we going to meet
I ask myself every time I see on the street
my imagination runs while
but after a while
I understand how it’s going to end
with me saying under my breath

you’re not my type
you’re not my type
you’re not my type
and that ain’t right

[bridge]
when I think back
at the hurt
I wonder how it’ll all end
will I get over him
or will I just wallow in my sin

one more time
one more time for the road
I’ll wait by my house
knowing you’ll never arrive
you’re just a memory
too good for me